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Ha!
Try encountering Windows Server 2012 for the first time, in a coms room with a mouse on top of a filing cabinet and a keyboard balanced on your knee.
I kind of see the point where they are trying to go with Win8 but how many servers do you know that have touch screens? Trying to get the mouse to hover long enough in the bottom left of the screen to get the start thing up in your average coms room is no fun! I was out at a clients site so had to go and ask their IT guys for a loan of a desktop to RDP on to it.
I did like the fact that when I eventually got the start thing up I could just start typing the program I needed to open it but why not just have that interface up all the time? Even a button instead of this hover your mouse it the bottom left corner and hover your mouse over in the right hand side crap
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You mean, like pressing the windows key?
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I like the Metro interface, but i think that putting it side by side with the more capable desktop interface is the source of all the hate that it receives.
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Interesting. What did you not like about it?
If it's the Metro view, download the Windows 7 style start button from startisback.com. I'm a developer and have been using Windows 8.1 for several months now and use it like Windows 7. I do find it faster.
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Read above replies.
Also, I can't install the Wi7 style buttons or anything else on a corporate base image that is being used for software testing.
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And I know it's not new...but...it made me smile.
In the beginning God created the Bit and the Byte. And from those he created the Word. And there were two Bytes in the Word; and nothing else existed. And God separated the One from the Zero; and he saw it was good.
And God said - Let the Data be; And so it happened. And God said - Let the Data go to their proper places. And he created floppy disks and hard disks and compact disks.
And God said - Let the computers be, so there would be a place to put floppy disks and hard disks and compact disks. Thus God created computers and called them hardware.
And there was no Software yet. But God created programs; small and big ... And told them - Go and multiply yourselves and fill all the Memory.
And God said - I will create the Programmer; And the Programmer will make new programs and govern over the computers and programs and Data.
And God created the Programmer; and put him at Data Center;
And God showed the Programmer the Catalog Tree and said You can use all the volumes and subvolumes but DO NOT USE Windows.
And God said - It is not Good for the programmer to be alone. He took a bone from the Programmer's body and created a creature that would look up at the Programmer; and admire the Programmer; and love the things the Programmer does; And God called the creature : the User.
And the Programmer and the User were left under the naked DOS and it was Good.
But Bill was smarter than all the other creatures of God.
And Bill said to the User - Did God really tell you not to run any programs? And the User answered - God told us that we can use every program and every piece of Data but told us not to run Windows or we will die.
And Bill said to the User - How can you talk about something you did not even try. The moment you run Windows you will become equal to God. You will be able to create anything you like by a simple click of your mouse.
And the User saw that the fruits of the Windows were nicer and easier to use. And the User saw that any knowledge was useless - since Windows could replace it.
So the User installed the Windows on his computer; and said to the Programmer that it was good.
And the Programmer immediately started to look for new drivers. And God asked him - What are you looking for? And the Programmer answered - I am looking for new drivers because I can not find them in the DOS. And God said - Who told you need drivers? Did you run Windows? And the Programmer said - It was Bill who told us to.
And God said to Bill - Because of what you did you will be hated by all the creatures. And the User will always be unhappy with you. And you will always sell Windows.
And God said to the User - Because of what you did, the Windows will disappoint you and eat up all your Resources; and you will have to use lousy programs; and you will always rely on the Programmers help.
And God said to the Programmer - Because you listened to the User you will never be happy. All your programs will have errors and you will have to fix them and fix them to the end of time.
And God threw them out of the Data Center and locked the door and secured it with a password.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: created a creature that would look up at the Programmer; and admire the Programmer; and love the things the Programmer does; And God called the creature : the User.
If that doesn't prove it's fiction, nothing does.
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So, Bill created the blue sky.. ehhm screen?
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No but he did tempt us with an Apple?
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Yes, an Apple a day keeps Windows away?!?
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OriginalGriff wrote: In the beginning God created
And on that day, TLDR was invented.
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And for some reason, nowhere does it say "And God saw that it was good." Hmmmm...
Marc
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Selling at an auction was halted when the auctioneer announced, "Someone in the room has lost his wallet containing $2,000. He is offering a reward of $500 for its immediate return." After a moment of silence, there was a call from the back of the room. "$550".
/ravi
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Never heard this one
thatrajaCode converters | Education Needed
No thanks, I am all stocked up. - Luc Pattyn
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute
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Has anybody here purchased anything from this site?
They have what I want, unlike a million other retailers...but never used them before.
Basically this is what I want http://ultraboooks.com/product/asus-zenbook-ux301la/[^]. They have the latest Intel Iris version on the high resolution with 8GB and SSD.
modified 3-Mar-14 12:23pm.
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Thanks, but the closest one to the one I want, doesn't actually specify the resolution. Also, it comes from an italian reseller, and is on a 4-5 day lead.
I have actually been at this all year waiting for (to be released) and trying to find the right one, so trust me, I'm well googled up on this!
Hence the reason asking about that specific retailer.
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Good luck then. Do you have anything similar to the US's "Better Business Bureau"? You can check complaint sites about Ultrabook.com...
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Maarten Kools wrote: I don't know, something about it gives me a bad vibe.
Yeh, that what I thought, but then I would expect more bells and whistles if they were trying to hide something.
If you search for their address there are a heap of companies operating out of the building, and it looks like it is one of those virtual office locations.
Still can't find anything to say its bad, i.e. previous reviews etc. (still not placing an order till I'm 100%!)
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This may be old news, but I've only just been on Google Maps for the first time in ages and I see they're channeling the spirit of Clippy.
Attempt to go to StreetView and up pops Pegman "Hello, I'm Pegman, it looks like you're trying to stalk someone, would you like me to help".
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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The performance of it sucks quite bad on not as new hardware too
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We have a sizable suite of legacy applications using MFC. Several of the apps use a property sheet that has been modified to support resizing via a Windows CBT hook. I've just discovered that recent versions of McAfee's applications incorrectly handle Windows CBT hooks, which prevent the property sheet from creating its window.
Stupid bastards .
My apologies to McAfee folks for the temper tantrum in this post . It looks like Rajesh works for McAfee, and will look into the problem.
Software Zen: delete this;
modified 3-Mar-14 13:01pm.
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